About this role
IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.
We currently have an exciting Maintenance Supervisor opportunity. This role is based in our Lawton, Oklahoma Plant, reporting to the Maintenance Manager.
Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit, and status quo-fighters!
Job Summary
This position is accountable for the supervision of the Maintenance department that services all equipment and buildings at the Extrusion Facility and assists in equipment installation. Direct and coordinate maintenance-related activities directed at continuous improvement. These activities are to be conducted while ensuring maximum safety, product quality, production output, housekeeping, and cost control to achieve plant goals.
Principal Responsibilities
• Supervise day-to-day activities of the maintenance department to ensure equipment is maintained at a level to optimize efficiency and quality while meeting budget.
• Procure and inventory MRO parts and services to maintain production and supporting equipment while meeting budgets and just-in-time inventories.
• Implement and maintain a system for record-keeping and identifying requirements for preventive and conditional maintenance.
• Follow EH&S/ISMS procedures as related to MSDS sheets, procurement, and contractor management.
• Maintain designated fire safe area, compressed gas storage, and issue Hot Work Permits in compliance with EH&S/ISMS Elements 17.0. Review completed Hot Work Permits for accuracy and submits them to the Management System Coordinator for filing.
• Ensures IPEX is getting the complete goods and services required from contractors.
• Ensure maintenance repair items, parts, and inventories are readily available so equipment can be repaired in a timely manner.
• Ensures critical spare equipment is maintained for use in manufacturing.
• Plans and develops critical spare parts inventory for equipment.
• Ensures Preventive Maintenance schedules are planned and adhered to according to the schedule.
• Leads the initial recruiting of personnel to fill open positions in the department.
• Implements 5S improvements in the Maintenance area.
Qualifications & Experience
• College/ University diploma in a Technical field or equivalent experience.
• 5 years experience in a maintenance leadership role.
• Strong understanding of engineering concepts, including electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical systems.
• A proven track record in a continuous improvement manufacturing environment with ISO 9001.
• Knowledge of blending, injection molding, and extrusion equipment.
• Excellent leadership/management, written & verbal communication, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Strong working knowledge of computers using, word processing, spreadsheets, and outlook.
IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at [email protected]
Other facts
About Aliaxis
Honesty, fairness, integrity, the golden rule: a customer-first culture. Customers want it- even demand it. And it’s so easy to promise.
This is ‘distance race’ thinking, and building a business on it is harder than you might think. It requires you to sacrifice many short-term opportunities for gain. It means spending whatever time it takes to help a client solve a problem on deadline. It means resisting the urge to cut corners on materials that, once in place, no one will ever see.
It means innovation: going beyond what your customers want or expect, and working restlessly to create new products and ideas to fill unmet needs. It means keeping your word, even when it’s inconvenient, and honouring relationships over transactions, even when it costs. And it means building a team with people who believe it, live it, and stand by it.
At IPEX we’ve long-since made a decision to embrace this long-term thinking, not just when it’s easy, but every day, in everything we do, for every customer and every employee. We don’t do it because we’re nice people, though we like to think we are. We do it because it’s good business, and that the reputation we’ve built over time, job by job, one customer at a time, pays the best dividends.
Alex Mestres
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
What you'll do
- The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for supervising the maintenance department, ensuring equipment is maintained for optimal efficiency and quality. This includes overseeing maintenance activities, managing inventory, and implementing safety procedures.
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